An Experimental Examination of Theories relating the Absorption of $\gamma$-ray Energy in a Medium to the Ionization produced in a Cavity
- 1 July 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 6 (1), 33-53
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/6/1/303
Abstract
The results of calculations, employing values of average excitation potentials from a recent review, are presented for both the Bragg-Gray theory and the Spencer-Attix theory of cavity ionization. The variation of ionization with the pressure, the atomic number of the gas and with the atomic number of the chamber wall predicted by these theories is compared with measured values. Experimental results agree closely with theoretical predictions, except for hydrogen at low pressures. This discrepancy is attributed in part to the transfer of slow electrons between electrodes.Keywords
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